General description

Scaffolds are used by campus employees for a variety of applications. In a Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) study, 72% of workers injured in scaffold accidents attributed the accident either to the planking or support giving way, or to the employee slipping or being struck by a falling object. All of these can be controlled by following your scaffold safety rules.

General regulatory citations (federal and Wisconsin)

Public employees in Wisconsin are covered by reference through various OSHA scaffold standards adopted for public employee safety (see Wisconsin Administrative Code, SPS 332.50). The rules in title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) most likely to apply to campus employees would be:

This publication was prepared for environmental, health and safety staff at University of Wisconsin System campuses, to assist in finding resources and information for regulatory compliance. It is not intended to render legal advice.